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REEL.

No. 417,060. Patented Dec. l0, 1889.A

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JOHN E. MANDEVILIIE, OF HAVLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,060, dated December10, 1889..

Application filed July 5, 1889- Serial No. 316,526. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN E. MANDEVILLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hawley, Vayne county, Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Reels, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement in reels specially designed for reelingvarious kinds of fibrous materials-such, for instance, as silk, yarn,cordage, dre.; and my invention consists in the novel structurehereinaft-er fully set forth, in which the outer carryingbars of thereel are readily adjustable to and from the supporting-shaft tofacilitate the easy and expeditious removal from the reel of thematerial wound thereon.

My invention also consists in combining with the adjustablecarrying-bars means for temporarily locking the parts in position afteradjustment, and, if desired, so as to adapt the reel for winding skeinsof different sizes.

In lthe drawings, Figure l` is a side elevation of a reel embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion thereof. Fig. 3 isa detail View.

The reel-shaft A is provided at its ends with journals d, as usual,While the body portion thereof is preferably rectangular incrosssection, and at the opposite sides of the shaft at the points b care pivoted arms B, midway of their length. These arms, as shown, arearranged in pairs, and the alternate pairs of arms are placed at rightangles to each other, suitable space being left between them to permitindependent movement on their pivots. Between t-he outer ends of thearms B are pivotally secured the carrying-bars C, extending parallel tothe reel-shaft in the ordinary manner.

Owing to the arrangement ofthe outer carrying-bars C in ,1J-airs, theymay be readily swung to and from the supporting-shaft to facilitate theremoval of the material wound upon the reel orl to vary the diameter ofthe latter to make or hold skeins of different sizes, as desired.

To lock the parts in position after adjustment, a cleat cl is preferablysecured at one end to the inner edge of one of the bars C of each pair,while its opposite or free end is curved inward and projects between thearms B at one end of the reel, a bolt e, passing through the arms andprovided with a thumbnut f, serving to clamp the cleat and arms rmlytogether.

If it is desired to use the reel only for winding skeins of a uniformsize, one of the cli afs, where the bars are arranged to swing in pairs,may be dispensed with, in which case the rivets connecting the alternatearms B to the shaft are tightened to increase the fvrictional contactbetween the parts and prevent the liability to accidental displacementof the bars C. In this case, however, the bars may be adjusted by forceapplied by the operator, if so desired, the rivets of the arms carryingthe other pair of bars O being suiiiciently loose to render their readyadjustment permissible upon unscrewing the thumb-nut, as will beapparent.

To prevent the abrasion of the bars C by contact with the swinging armsB, and to facilitate the free movement of the parts, metal washers orbushings g are set into recesses in the bars C, as shown in Fig. 3, andthe outer ends of the arms are clamped against the bushings by theconnecting rivet or bolt.

Vit-hout limiting myself to the exact construction shown, I claiml. In areel, the combination of the shaft, the arms pivoted thereto at rightangles to each other, as described, and the outer carrying-bars pivotedto the ends of the arms, substantially as set forth.

2. In a reel, the combination of the rectangular shaft, the pairs ofarms arranged at right angles to each other, as described, and pivotedto the opposite sides of the shaft, carrying-bars pivotally connected tothe ends of the arms, and a locking device,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. MANDEVILLE.

Vitnesses:

ELIAS STANTON, WM. KIMBLE.

